Menno Schilthuizen
@schilthuizen.bsky.social
New book "The Urban Naturalist" (MIT Press, 1 Apr. 2025)
Author of 'Darwin Comes to Town' and 'Nature's Nether Regions'
Rubber-stamped 'tweets' on ecology & evolution. TED speaker
http://schilthuizen.com
http://taxonexpeditions.com
Leyden, Netherlands
Author of 'Darwin Comes to Town' and 'Nature's Nether Regions'
Rubber-stamped 'tweets' on ecology & evolution. TED speaker
http://schilthuizen.com
http://taxonexpeditions.com
Leyden, Netherlands
Well, let’s just say I haven’t been naming any more molluscs after her since then. Even though she did invent the hashtag “#snailitude”
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Well, let’s just say I haven’t been naming any more molluscs after her since then. Even though she did invent the hashtag “#snailitude”
Here's another semislug -- this time one we discovered in Brunei on one of our @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social trips--and named after Salleh, the field centre's manager, on the occasion of his retirement (photo by Pierre Escoubas)
November 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Here's another semislug -- this time one we discovered in Brunei on one of our @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social trips--and named after Salleh, the field centre's manager, on the occasion of his retirement (photo by Pierre Escoubas)
Nice one! I discovered and named that species! Still one of my favourites.
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Nice one! I discovered and named that species! Still one of my favourites.
It's a bit of a straw man. See my @NRC article of today: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
De mythische Londense metromug ontstond in het Midden-Oosten
Biologie: In metro’s en parkeergarages van grote steden leeft een mug die al een paar duizend jaar geleden in het Midden-Oosten is geëvolueerd. Een hardnekkig misverstand was dat de mug in de Londense...
www.nrc.nl
October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's a bit of a straw man. See my @NRC article of today: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...